Baldur's Gate 3 Bear discourse and the terminus of the Culture War

[mitchincredible]

This will be the ultimate bear discourse thread, more broadly the moral implications of transformations in intimacy and the purpose of bestiality laws in the context of cognition.

So - Is BG3 really breaching any real deviances because sex is implied with someone in a bear form? Or would it only be morally inappropriate it if was an actual animal with deficient cognitive function to consent?

Is bestiality illegal because it is weird, or because it is non-consensual? Discuss!

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by mitchincredible:

This will be the ultimate bear discourse thread, more broadly the moral implications of transformations in intimacy and the purpose of bestiality laws in the context of cognition.

No, no it wont be. This is a thoroughly chewed through topic.

[MeatGolem]

No thanks, I'll pass.

[mitchincredible]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by mitchincredible:

This will be the ultimate bear discourse thread, more broadly the moral implications of transformations in intimacy and the purpose of bestiality laws in the context of cognition.

No, no it wont be. This is a thoroughly chewed through topic.

Yes, yes it will be. All I see is "Herp derp, bear bad, wokeness ran amok." Let's hear about the actual moral foundation and why perhaps it's actually completely fine to show transformation druid sex.

Can anyone deny consensuality as an axiom to the situation?

[Caldrin]

everyone making such a fuss about the bear.. but what about the vampire ?

[mitchincredible]

Originally posted by Caldrin:

everyone making such a fuss about the bear.. but what about the vampire ?

I'm 100% down to be drank from consensually.

[ShadowBastard69]

idk what bear discourse is but i dont think id like it. hard pass.

[Adam__86]

TBF I CBA repeating myself for people that won't listen

[Metadigital]

It's pretty typical for RPGs, perhaps since Dragon Age: Origins, to have fantasy sex situations like this. It's nothing new, but each time, there is an attempt to absorb it into the broader culture war. It flares up and dies out pretty quickly, though, because most fantasy RPG players are here for fantasy stuff.

[Alealexi]

Originally posted by mitchincredible:

This will be the ultimate bear discourse thread, more broadly the moral implications of transformations in intimacy and the purpose of bestiality laws in the context of cognition.

So - Is BG3 really breaching any real deviances because sex is implied with someone in a bear form? Or would it only be morally inappropriate it if was an actual animal with deficient cognitive function to consent?

Is bestiality illegal because it is weird, or because it is non-consensual? Discuss!

For one there is no beastiality in the game.

[mitchincredible]

Originally posted by Metadigital:

It's pretty typical for RPGs, perhaps since Dragon Age: Origins, to have fantasy sex situations like this. It's nothing new, but each time, there is an attempt to absorb it into the broader culture war. It flares up and dies out pretty quickly, though, because most fantasy RPG players are here for fantasy stuff.

You know... I don't know many fantasy RPG players that actually get excited about enjoying fantasy environments and characters.

[[NGNS-SWE] ⚡ Quezkatolen ⚡]

When eurogamer and gameinformer gives ff16 a bad score because of "lack of diversity" or ign complain about sexist bunny girls in dq 11 we better see an issue with "sex with a bear" or else they just exposed themselves, in my opinion.
I personal take the bear thing as a joke, but apperently the bunny girl in DQ11 is offensive to IGN.

[mitchincredible]

Originally posted by Alealexi:

Originally posted by mitchincredible:

This will be the ultimate bear discourse thread, more broadly the moral implications of transformations in intimacy and the purpose of bestiality laws in the context of cognition.

So - Is BG3 really breaching any real deviances because sex is implied with someone in a bear form? Or would it only be morally inappropriate it if was an actual animal with deficient cognitive function to consent?

Is bestiality illegal because it is weird, or because it is non-consensual? Discuss!

For one there is no beastiality in the game.

Based on whose interpretation?

[Яeplicant]

3 weeks later and it's still unbearable.

[Hexprone]

Originally posted by mitchincredible:

Is bestiality illegal because it is weird, or because it is non-consensual? Discuss!

Because it's weird.

We don't care that breeding animals or slaughtering them is non-consensual.

[Metadigital]

Originally posted by mitchincredible:

You know... I don't know many fantasy RPG players that actually get excited about enjoying fantasy environments and characters.

That's a shame. I wonder what they're getting out of the fantasy genre if that's the case. Maybe they're just in a rut?